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{Diana + Tri-X}

Kodak Tri-X is my favorite Kodak black and white film. It’s the only black and white film that I’ve shot in my Diana F+ thus far, and I have found that it’s a really nice pairing of camera and film. I can’t really qualify that statement, except to say I just feel like Tri-X has the right amount of grain and contrast for use in this plastic camera! Kind of like how sometimes you can’t put your finger on why you like a particular piece of art, you just know you do like it 🙂

Here are photos taken with my most recent use of the Diana F+ and Tri-X together. I am rather pleased!

Como, Mississippi

Pinhole exposure of a few hours

Hernando, Mississippi

Mallory’s new apartment, Memphis

Mallory’s new apartment, Memphis

Coldwater, Mississippi

Coldwater, Mississippi

Coldwater, Mississippi

Coldwater, Mississippi

Coldwater, Mississippi

Lomography Diana F+ • Kodak Tri-X

{Fuji + Fuji}

Awhile back, I thought I’d put one of my favorite films in one of my favorite cameras: Fuji Pro 400H in my Fuji GA645i. The GA645i is one of those cameras that I forget how much I enjoy using until I get it in my hands again.

Scenes from a visit to Muddy’s Midtown

I shot this on Instax mini and wanted to see how it turned out on another Fuji

Rainy day

That valance I love at my sister’s house

All was going well, until something potentially bad happened: I discovered my GA645i, in the soaking wet floorboard of my car. For a camera which is completely reliant on electronics to function, I thought the GA645i was a goner. I was preparing to go into mourning, but I decided that it couldn’t hurt to put the camera into a container of rice to give it a chance to dry out, like you would if you dropped your mobile phone into a glass of water.

GA645i, in a combination of sushi rice and arborio rice

I trepidatiously took this photo to see if the camera would go haywire – it didn’t!

I took a celebratory photo of the GA645i for my Instax daily photo project

Clover

The Mayapples bloomed

Radio Flyer

Cart of wood

As you can see, the camera still worked after it gave me the scare of a lifetime! I’m so very happy about this ♥

Fuji GA645i Fuji Pro 400H (shot at 320 ISO)

{Late Entry} Expired Film Day 2016

Much like my late entry for #BIFscale16, I am late turning in my Expired Film Day (EFD) photos. To explain what that is, here’s a quote from the EFD website:

Expired Film Day celebrates the joys of using film whose Use-By date has (preferably long-since) passed. One of the particular pleasures of being a film-using photographer in these modern times is the abundance of expired-but-still-probably-pretty-good film on the market, found in grandparents’ attics or at thrift stores, or sourced from the freezers of pros who’ve gone digital.

Expired film can be unpredictable: if you know how it was stored, it might be easy to compensate for its age, if that’s even necessary. If you don’t, your results could range from dark, to flat, to color-shifted and beyond. Many people today say the potential unpredictability of using film is part of what draws them to it over digital; using expired film takes the existing unpredictability of using film and compounds it.

I am no stranger to expired film. I probably like using it more than I should. I didn’t have to purposely buy out-of-date film in order to participate in Expired Film Day, because my fridge’s crisper drawer is usually well-stocked with several varieties. I was actually surprised I was able to take part in EFD, which took place on March 15, because I worked 9 hours that day. I thought my best chance of finishing a roll would be to shoot a roll of 120 in my Yashica-Mat, because that way I would only need to mange to take 12 photos instead of the 24-36 photos I’d have to take if I were using 35mm instead.

The film I chose was a roll of Fujichrome 64T slide film, which I would have cross-processed by the photo lab. I don’t know what the expiration date on it is, but judging from the results I got the previous time I shot a roll from the same batch of 64T, I figured it was WELL expired and probably not stored in good conditions. The results did not disappoint, since my expectations were that the results wouldn’t be predictable!

A 1959 Ford I photographed a couple of times for my daily photo project

Child’s chair

My dog Dilly, taking a nap

Mother’s things

“Lookin’ out my back door” (sorry, had to do it)

Heels (my fave shot from this batch)

Yashica-Mat • Fujichrome 64T, expiration date unknown • Cross-processed

And there ya have it! I hope Expired Film Day is an annual occurrence from now on and that I’ll be able to participate in it in a more timely manner next time!

Late Entry {BIFscale}

For long-time readers, you may remember my discussing redscale film a few times in the past. This February (and at least one February prior,) the leader of the #believeinfilm community has spear-headed a month of redscale photography, affectionately known as #BIFscale. I decided to participate this year, and I loaded my Yashica-Mat with a roll of Lomography Redscale XR 50-200 film. I loved the results I got from that combination of film and camera last time I used it, and it did not let me down this time either.

As you can tell, this isn’t February, and the #BIFscale16 photo contest allowed entries until March 15, but I didn’t manage to get my film developed by that date either! So consider this my late entry for #BIFscale16!

I kind of spent half a roll on this Impala while doing my daily photo project

I LOVE this! Happy Day cleaners in Midtown Memphis

Art supply center in Midtown

Instax mini from my daily photo project

As I was setting up this shot, my Yashica-Mat fell off the table and dented its waist level finder hood :'(

Checking the camera’s functionality after the aforementioned fall it took at the coffee shop

Yashica-Mat • Lomography Redscale XR 50-200 (shot mostly at 25 ISO)